(A little more information about Ravana is given in this episode. Please read, comment and share. SDN)
Once, Vedavati, an incarnation of Lakshmi Devi, was doing a fierce penance in Himalayan Mountains, with the desire of having Sri Narayana as her husband. She was the grand-daughter of Bruhaspatyacharya and daughter of his son Kushadhwaja, who was a Brahmarishi. She had originated from the mouth (Vagindriya) of that Rishi, when he was studying Vedas. Once, Ravana reached her and appealed to her to be his wife. She rejected the request and also expressed her desire to be the wife of Sri Narayana. Enraged by the rejection, Ravana caught her hair and enraged her modesty. Using her sword-shaped arm, she cut the portion of hair that Ravana had caught and plunged into fire. Before plunging into the fire, she cursed Ravana by stating: ‘I will take a new incarnation yet again to get you killed.” Accordingly, she took birth from Lotus. She was yet again identified by Ravana, who took her home. Ravana’s Minister saw the baby girl and told Ravana: “She is born to get you killed.” After observing the various features of the baby girl, Minister of Ravana had uttered those words. Immediately after hearing those words, Ravana arranged to throw the baby girl into the sea. Carried by the waves of sea, the baby reached the ground. When King Janaka was ploughing the land for a Yajna, she was touched by the yoke and Janaka named the baby girl as Seetha, meaning one stuck to the yoke. (Please read this page to know more about Ravana and Ramacharitrya Manjari. SDN)
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